A suspended deputy United Nations ambassador from the Dominican Republic accused of participating in a scheme to bribe a former U.N. General Assembly president is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday, according to a court filing. Francis...

The latest filing in the legal war between the planet’s most powerful government and its most valuable company gave one indication of how the high-stakes confrontation could escalate even further. In what observers of the case called a carefully...

President Barack Obama believes Congress will lift an embargo on Cuba under the next president, whether a Republican or a Democrat, he said in an interview with CNN Espanol that was broadcast on Monday. Obama, who will make a historic trip to...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) came under more criticism on Monday for choosing not to attend a state trooper’s funeral in order to campaign with Donald Trump — and then get mocked during the event. As the Weekly Standard...

A police officer in Fort Worth, Texas is under investigation following the release of video footage showing him trying to use his pepper spray against a group of motorcyclists who were not interacting with him. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram...

For most long-term smokers, breaking up with butts is hard to do. But like any toxic relationship, sometimes it’s best to sever ties completely and not let the affair drag on long enough to cause even more damage. New research finds that smokers...

An Amtrak passenger train derailed in rural southwestern Kansas early on Monday injuring 32 people, possibly because of a misalignment in an otherwise straight track, the National Transportation Safety Board said. Seven coaches from...

A joint European-Russian mission aiming to search for traces of life on Mars left Earth’s orbit bound for the Red Planet on Monday, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. A Proton rocket carrying the Trace Gas Orbiter to examine...

Broward County Sun-Sentinel columnist Michael Mayo was ejected from a rally and threatened with incarceration for Donald Trump after he filmed attendees leaving the event early, he reported on Monday. “We can do this the easy way or the...

The Uber driver in Michigan charged with murdering six people last month in a shooting spree told investigators that the ride-sharing app had the ability to “take over” his body, a local television station reported on Monday. The...

At least a dozen gravestones were damaged when Donald Trump supporters attending a rally in Bloomington, Illinois used a nearby cemetery as a parking lot, WJBC-AM reported. “There was trash everywhere, where they had driven over numerous...

A newly discovered cousin of the T. rex may explain how the legendary dinosaur leapt in size to become undisputed king of the food chain, scientists said Monday. Until now, researchers have had little evidence of how the iconic predator became...

The Vatican committee that approves elevations to sainthood will meet Tuesday to consider a recommendation that Mother Teresa of Calcutta becomes Saint Teresa, the Holy See announced on Monday. With the long-awaited decision seen as a formality,...

Sarah Palin offered her own colorful language at a Donald Trump rally Monday in Tampa, Florida, on the subject of the violence that has broken out between Trump supporters and protesters. “What we don’t have time for is all that...

Filmmaker Ken Burns on Monday lamented the fact that the rise of Donald Trump as a political figured indicated that America was in a “retrograde moment” with regard to racism. During a discussion at the National Press Club about two...